Table 2 Comparison of malaria diagnosis by microscopy and "standard" nested PCR The comparison between microscopy and "standard" PCR diagnosis is shown for samples collected in the Ping village (n = 102, Table 2A) and for samples collected in the Smach and Pahoy villages (n = 235, Table 2B)

20

13

7

1

41

neg

(40.2)

4

20

1

10

6

1

6

1

49

si

(50.0)

1

1

2

1

2

4

1

1

1

10

mi

(9.8)

25

33

4

22

7

1

1

7

2

102

neg

si

mi

(24.5)

(36.3)

(39.2)

(%)

neg

Pf

Pv

Pm

Po

Pf+Pv

Pf+Pm

Pf+Po

Pv+Pm

Pv+Po

Pf+Pv+Po

Pf+Pv+Pm

Pf+Pv+Pm+Po

Total

61

47

10

3

2

14

4

2

2

1

1

7

2

156

neg

(66.4)

7

26

5

15

4

1

1

4

6

3

72

si

(31.5)

1

1

2

1

1

2

1

5

mi

(2.1)

68

74

16

3

2

30

8

3

3

1

6

15

6

235

neg

si

mi

(28.9)

(40.4)

(30.6)